Democratic Party Defends Israeli Attack
June 10, 2010 | Instead of pinning the blame on Israel for flotilla tragedy, congressional Democrats are leaping to Israel's defense.
Articles by Stephen Zunes
Will the Flotilla Attack Be Our “Kent State” Moment?
June 7, 2010 | Israel's attack on the unarmed flotilla last weekend could be a "Kent State moment." When white middle-class students were gunned down on a college campus, it woke up a whole new segment of American society to police killings of minority students. Similarly, while the Israeli military has been killing Arab civilians for years, now that they have attacked European and American peace activists it has created a whole new dynamic.
U.S. Support for Israel Mirrors 80s Support for El Salvador Junta
June 3, 2010 | The similarities between the Israeli government and El Salavador's junta in the eighties are eerily similar -- as is U.S. support for them.
Israel’s Latest Violation
June 2, 2010 | The nonviolent activists aboard the flotilla hoping to break the blockade of Gaza were not terrorists, and their provoking of confrontation follows in a long tradition of peace and justice activism.
U.S. Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation
April 5, 2010 | By supporting Morocco's illegal annexation of Western Sahara, the Senate is establishing a dangerous precedent in international relations.
Obama and the Denial of Genocide
March 11, 2010 | The Obama administration is trying to bury the Armenia genocide resolution -- just like every previous administration.
Obama Stumbles on Human Rights
March 4, 2010 | The president couldn't answer a simple question about Israel and Egypt, which speaks volumes about U.S. human rights policy.
Obama’s State of the Union
February 3, 2010 | The president devoted only 10 percent of his speech to foreign policy.
Human Rights: C+
January 25, 2010 | The Obama administration’s failure to speak out more boldly against human rights abuses is a poor moral and a political choice.
60 Second Expert: The U.S. in Yemen
January 15, 2010 | Much attention has recently been focused on the poverty-stricken country of Yemen.